1. Woven baskets characterized by a particular distinctive pattern have previously been found only in the immediate vicinity of the prehistoric village of Palea and therefore were believed to have been made only by the Palean people. Recently, however, archaeologists discovered such a "Palean" basket in Lithos, an ancient village across the Brim River from Palea. The Brim River is very deep and broad, and so the ancient Paleans could have crossed it only by boat, and no Palean boats have been found. Thus it follows that the so- called Palean baskets were not uniquely Paean.
Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.
The argument claims that the ancient Palean baskets were not indigenous to the prehistoric village of Palea since they were found in another village lithos, across the Brim river from Palea. while this argument may seem of sound reasoning, it lacks the evidence to back it.
Firstly, the argument assumes that since no Palean boats have been found, such boats do not exist. However, it is possible that such Palean boats haven’t been found yet. maybe they were destroyed by floods, earthquakes or other natural calamities. they also might have disintegrated or have weathered away from harsh wind and rain. it is also possible that the ancient Paleans used another means of transport through water bodies. if the argument had provided evidence of a lack of environmental damage and an alternate medium of transport, this assumption would have been valid.
Secondly, the second assumption is that the Brim river has always been deep and broad. During the time of the discovery, it might have been so, but perhaps it was shallower and narrower at that time. Moreover, the river could have had patches where it was shallower or narrower than other areas. These patches might have become deeper in nature due to the erosion of soil. if proof supporting the fact that the Brim river has always been deep and broad existed, this argument would be stronger.
Finally, the argument assumes that the Paleans carried the baskets across the river themselves. maybe they ended up across the brim due to flooding of the river. if there was proof of trade taking place between the village of lithos and Palea or that no flooding of the river took place, this argument would be legit.
In conclusion, while the author of the argument may have come to a sound conclusion regarding the uniqueness of Palean baskets, more evidence is needed before a firm conclusion is reached. if the author provides evidence for the three assumptions, it would be possible to evaluate the argument completely.
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Essay evaluation report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.0 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 9 15
No. of Words: 333 350
No. of Characters: 1605 1500
No. of Different Words: 155 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.272 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.82 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.362 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 105 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 79 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 52 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 26 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 37 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 20.688 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 1 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.449 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.763 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.143 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 192, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: While
...thos, across the Brim river from Palea. while this argument may seem of sound reasoni...
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Line 9, column 176, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Maybe
...lean boats haven't been found yet. maybe they were destroyed by floods, earthqua...
^^^^^
Line 9, column 254, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: They
...arthquakes or other natural calamities. they also might have disintegrated or have w...
^^^^
Line 9, column 338, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: It
...eathered away from harsh wind and rain. it is also possible that the ancient Palea...
^^
Line 9, column 437, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: If
...eans of transport through water bodies. if the argument had provided evidence of a...
^^
Line 17, column 374, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: If
...r in nature due to the erosion of soil. if proof supporting the fact that the Brim...
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Line 25, column 97, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Maybe
...he baskets across the river themselves. maybe they ended up across the brim due to fl...
^^^^^
Line 25, column 163, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: If
... the brim due to flooding of the river. if there was proof of trade taking place b...
^^
Line 33, column 190, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: If
...ed before a firm conclusion is reached. if the author provides evidence for the th...
^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, firstly, however, if, may, moreover, regarding, second, secondly, so, while, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.6327345309 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.9520958084 77% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 11.1786427146 107% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 13.6137724551 73% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 27.0 28.8173652695 94% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 55.5748502994 68% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 16.3942115768 91% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1700.0 2260.96107784 75% => OK
No of words: 332.0 441.139720559 75% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.12048192771 5.12650576532 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.2685907696 4.56307096286 94% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.47725170698 2.78398813304 89% => OK
Unique words: 162.0 204.123752495 79% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.487951807229 0.468620217663 104% => OK
syllable_count: 507.6 705.55239521 72% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 4.96107784431 202% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 5.0 8.76447105788 57% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 2.70958083832 221% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 19.7664670659 91% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 22.8473053892 79% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 36.8282634352 57.8364921388 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.4444444444 119.503703932 79% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.4444444444 23.324526521 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.5 5.70786347227 114% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 9.0 5.25449101796 171% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 8.20758483034 12% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 6.88822355289 145% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.67664670659 150% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.208791707806 0.218282227539 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.069176976403 0.0743258471296 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.055638751291 0.0701772020484 79% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.114895323945 0.128457276422 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0616582440787 0.0628817314937 98% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 14.3799401198 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 48.3550499002 128% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.197005988 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.42 12.5979740519 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.62 8.32208582834 92% => OK
difficult_words: 65.0 98.500998004 66% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 12.3882235529 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.1389221557 83% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.9071856287 67% => The average readability is low. Need to imporve the language.
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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